Gunmen suspected to be of Fulani herdsmen extraction have assassinated
an Inspector with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) in
Benue State.
He is Inspector Joseph Ochogwu, an Idoma man from Benue South senatorial
zone.
The Commandant of Corps in the state, Mr. Isah Kamilu Ado confirmed the
killing during the handing over of over 460 cows belonging to Fulani
herdsmen that were impounded by the Livestock Guards for violating the
anti-grazing law of the state.
Mr. Ado said the Inspector Ochogwu was killed in Guma Local Government
Area in his line of duty, a fortnight ago.
The NSCDC chief stated that already, an investigation panel has been set
up to unravel the dastardly murder of the gallantly officer whose
corpse, he said, had been deposited in the mortuary awaiting burial on
April 30 this year.
He disclosed that the North Central Zonal Chairman of Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Danladi Ciroma,
was cooperating with the corps to apprehend the perpetrators for
possible prosecution.
Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Ciroma, who also confirmed the killing
of the NSCDC officer, said Ochogwu was murdered while trying to ensure
peace in the state.